Combined buckle and ring



(No Model.)

J. B. SAYRE.

COMBINED BUCKLE AND RING.

No. 299,271. Patented May 27 1884.

UNTTT STATns PATENT Trice.

JAMES BENJAMIN SAYRE, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED BUCKLE AND RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,271, dated May 27,1884.

Application filed March 18, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES B. SAYRE, of the city and county ofSacramento, and State of California, have invented an Improvement in aCombined Buckle and Ring; and I hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and we act description thereof.

My invention relates to a new and useful combined buckle and ring foruse in harness at any suitable portion thereof, or in any other devicewherein straps are connected, but especially for use in a halter, withwhich I shall herein describe it.

My invention consists in the novel arrangement and construction of thebuckle-frame, tongue, keeper, ring, and guide-lip between the ring andkeeper, hereinafter fully explained.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective viewof my combined buckle and ring. Fig. 2 is a view of a halter, showingthe application of my combined buckle and ring thereto.

The device (represented as a whole by the letter A) is preferably cast,molded, or otherwise formed of suitable metal in a single piece, withthe exception of the tongue. The rame of the buckle, a, is concaved onits face for the ready insertion of the strap, and its ends arecontinued to form the keeper 12, whose sides branch upwardly from thebuckle-frame. The ring a commences at and joins the buckleframewhere thekeeper branches from it, and a space is left between the ring and keeperby reason of the upward tendency or divergence of said keeper. Thebase-bar of the buckleframe divides said frame from the ring, and uponit is pivoted the tongue 6. A plate or lip, f, is formed with saidbase-bar, and ex tends between the keeper and ring.

In Fig. 2 will be seen the application of the device to a halter, whichis the usual five-ring halter, consisting of the orown-piece O,cheekstraps D, nose-band 1 chin-strap F, throatlatch G, and tug H,joining the throat-latch and chin-strap.

Between the crown-piece, throat-latch, and check on one side an ordinaryring, I, is used. Likewise, on the same side, between the chinstrap,nose-band, and cheek-strap, an ordinary ring, J, is used, and there isthe ring K joining the lower end of the tug to the chinstrap. The usualremaining rings and buckles are replaced, as shown, by my combinedbuckle and ring, these being placed in corresponding opposite positionsto the rings I J. The upper end of the cheek'strap and the end of thethroat-latch are both secured to the ring a, and the end of thecrown-piece extends through the buckle-frame a from behind, and, afterengagingor receiving the tongue, passes under the keeper 2), between itand the guide lip or plate f. The advantage of this lip or plate lies,as its name implies, in the fact that it guides the end of the strapthrough the keeper, preventing it from passing down through the ring,thereby rendering its insertion to its proper place an easy matter.

Upon the other buckle in this halter the arrangement is as follows: Thelower end of the cheek-strap and the end of the nose-band are bothsecured on the ring 0, and the free end of the chin-strap engages withthe tongue, and is confined in the keeper.

In the places where my combined buckles and rings are here shown appliedit has been customary to use an ordinary buckle, and an ordinary ringunited bya leather piece carrying the keeper, also of leather. As asubstitute for this, a buckle has been made having at the lower end of'the buckle-frame a small loop for one strap, and having on the side ofthe buckle-frame a small loop for the other strap. The objection foundto the former device is its expense, the leather connection alone, bothin stock and labor, put upon it costing more than my entire buckle andring. The objection to the latter device is that by reason of theposition of the loops the straps are separated, and an equal andproperly-directed strain is lost. It is now conceded that the best planis to secure both straps on the same ring. My device has for its object,therefore, the saving of expense and at the same time the attainment ofthe best results of a single ring for a proper direction and equalizingof the strain.

I do not confine myself to the application of my device to a halter; butI may use it wherever necessary or proper.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is"- 1. The combined buckle and ring,consisting of the buckle-frame a and the tongue 6 on the base-bar ofsaid frame, and the keeper 1) and ring 0, extending from the base of thebuckle-frame and diverging or separating from 5 each other, and a plate,f, substantially as herein described.

2. The combined buckle and ring, consisting of the buckle-frame a,tongue 0, and the keeper 1) and ring 0, extending from the base IO 0fthe buckle-frame and diverging or separating from each other, and theguide lip or plate f, extending and lying between said keeper and ring,substantially as herein described.

3. The combined buckle and 1'ing,-consisting of the concaved face orbent buckle-frame 15 (4, having tongue 6, the upwardly-inclined keeper 1and the straight ring a, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JAMES BENJAMIN SAYRE.

\Vitnesses:

G. W. OONAWAY, A. LEONARD.

